Car-coupling



(No Model.)

W. F. NINE.

GAR COUPLING.

No. 299,416. Patented May 2'7, 1884.

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n. PETERS. mommy-"w. wmmn NITED STATES PATENT FFICEQ WVILLIAM F. NINE,

or SULLEY, IOWA.

CAR-COUPLING,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,416, dated Ma 2-7, 1884.

Application filed March 31,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WV. F. NINE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sulley, in the county of Jasper and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Couplers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will e11- able others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a front view of my device, and Fig. 2 is a side view of the.

same. I I

This invention has relation to means fo coupling cars; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out centrally and longitudinally in the cavity of the draw-head, its rear end being connected to the walls of the draw-head by a transverse pivot-bolt, F. The front end of the catch is made in hook form, as shown, the face of the hook being inclined forward.

From the middle portion of the shank of the catch an arm or lug, G, of arc form, extends downward through the slot D in the floor of the draw-head. The front or convex edge, a, of the lug is designed to work in contact with the front wall, I), of the slot D, so that when the link is in operation the strain will be borne, to a great extent, by this lug, relieving the pivotbolt.

Through the lower end of the lug G is formed an opening, 0, to receive the transverse portion or bearing of the arms H,which extend up, one on each side of the draw-head, above the same, to the levers K K, to which said arms are respectively pivoted, as shown at d d. These levers K K are respectively pivoted on bearings e e, secured to the end of the car, and

l are formed with lapping extensions 9 g, which extend from the pivotal portions of the levers past each other sufficiently to form a slipjoint, as shown. One of these extensions is slotted, as shown at h, and the other is pivoted witha stud or pin, 70, which engages the slot 71., so that a compound lever is formed having a slide-bearing. The handle portions of these levers extend to or slightly beyond the sides of thecar, and engage rack-bearings I, secured to the lateral portions of the end of the car. Each rack I is formed with an up per catch or bearing, Z, in which the handle of the lever is held when said handle is raised. In this position the drop-catch is held up by means of the arms H.

Below the bearing 1 each rack has a long bearing, m, at the lower end of which is astop lug, Z. This long bearing gives sufficient play to the handle of the lever to allow for the introduction of the link under the hook, which raises the drop-catch to a certain extent. After the link is introduced, the drop-catch falls, and the handles of the levers fall at the same time to the lower stops, Z, of the racks. \Vhen either branch of the compound lever is operthe same manner, so that the arms of the dropcatch work together.

In-order to provide means for operating the compound lever from the top of the car, it is designed to employ a short lever, L, which is pivoted to a bearing at the top of the car, as shown, and is connected to one of the levers Kby a vertical rod, R, the upper and lower ends of which are respectively pivoted to the upper and lower levers. The short lever L is connected to a low bearing, and is designed to be operated for uncoupling by the foot, asinr ple pressure of this lever serving to raise the branches of the compound lever, and thereby the drop-catch.

By varying the pressure on the compound lever, the link in engagement with the dropcatch can be adjusted with reference to the proper degree of inclination which it should have to enter the opposite draw-head.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s*- 1. In a draw-bar having a central upward extension of its cavity, and a central slot ated, the other is moved at the .same time in consisting of the branch levers KK, connected by a slip-joint, the foot-lever at the top of the ear, the vertical connecting-rod, and the lateral holding-racks, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLTAM F. NINE.

\Vitnesses:

W. W. DRYDEX, O. R. DIXoX. 

